Saturday, July 2, 2011

June challenge dress 4 - The Alice dress

I used pattern 104 from Burda 02/2011, but since it was a little plain for me, I added a huge bow on the front. It might not be for everyone, but I'm a sucker for bows!

The fit was spot on this time, although I made the panels for the skirt smaller than required by the Burda instructions, because it didn't want too much volume. Actually, I didn't follow the instructions at all, since they were a bit ridiculous (for example, they make you sew just one pocket to the skirt!).

The fabric I used is a baby blue linen I had in my stash and I love both the color (which reminds me a lot of Alice in Wonderland) and the slightly crinckled texture. I lined the dress with a flowery material that I find very sweet (my mom and I were given a whole bolt of it as a gift).

These are also my first photos with my new SLR camera and I've already fallen in love with it, though we still need to get properly acquainted.
Oh, and if you're wandering why I'm wearing a cardigan on July 2nd, it' because it's 17°C today. :(

25 comments:

Lovely Dress! I like bows, too and the color looks very fresh and summery especially with the yellow cardi (don't worry about it being 17 degrees. We have 13 degrees and rain right now ;)) What a summer...

Congrats on having accomplished your challenge! :) This one definitely reminds me on Alice in Wonderland + it fits you perfectly.P.S.: I can totally relate to your weather talk! It has been really freaking cold for summer these days in Germany, too! :(

the dslr cameras are fab I got mine a few months back and I'm still excited by it :) I love the bow on your dress it's gorgeous!! the dress is a lovely colour and style. I don't really follow pattern instructions much I just read through them and do my own thing it can work out better that way!

I was just browsing through your site when I saw this lovely dress and I had to say something! Gorgeous! And the lining too! Please , please tell me what camera you are using and is that a special photoshop action. I love your pictures!

@Sew Country ChickThank you so much!I'm using a Canon 1000d (with which I'm still struggling, since I use a tripod and the autofocus is not great) and I edit my photos with Toycamera Analogcolor (it's an App for Mac). I hope it helps! :)